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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/security/credentials.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/cred.h | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst index 357328d566c8..2aa0791bcefe 100644 --- a/Documentation/security/credentials.rst +++ b/Documentation/security/credentials.rst @@ -527,11 +527,6 @@ There are some functions to help manage credentials: This gets a reference on a live set of credentials, returning a pointer to that set of credentials. - - ``struct cred *get_new_cred(struct cred *cred);`` - - This gets a reference on a set of credentials that is under construction - and is thus still mutable, returning a pointer to that set of credentials. - Open File Credentials ===================== diff --git a/include/linux/cred.h b/include/linux/cred.h index a7df1c759ef0..360f5fd3854b 100644 --- a/include/linux/cred.h +++ b/include/linux/cred.h @@ -201,19 +201,6 @@ static inline struct cred *get_new_cred_many(struct cred *cred, int nr) } /** - * get_new_cred - Get a reference on a new set of credentials - * @cred: The new credentials to reference - * - * Get a reference on the specified set of new credentials. The caller must - * release the reference. - */ -static inline struct cred *get_new_cred(const struct cred *cred) -{ - struct cred *nonconst_cred = (struct cred *) cred; - return get_new_cred_many(nonconst_cred, 1); -} - -/** * get_cred_many - Get references on a set of credentials * @cred: The credentials to reference * @nr: Number of references to acquire |